HISTORICAL FACTS: 33 | History Defined

‘We need power’: Zimbabweans hope for end to blackouts as election nears

For many businesses in Zimbabwe where the economy is in free fall, electricity outages have been the norm for years.

Al Jazeera · Aug 17, 2023

'Very exciting' - Sole on becoming first Scot to play in Caribbean Premier League

Chris Sole's day job is to find work for other people which must make it a nice change being the one head-hunted for once.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 16, 2023

England to host Zimbabwe in 2025 for first Test meeting in 22 years

England are set to host Zimbabwe in a one-off four-day match in 2025, the first Test meeting between the sides in more than two decades.

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2023

Zimbabwe opposition supporter dies in ambush on way to election rally

Information ministry calls for calm after attack by suspected supporters of country’s ruling Zanu-PF party

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2023

‘Fit for pigs’: Conditions in overcrowded Zimbabwe prisons choke inmates

Former inmates of Zimbabwe’s overburdened prisons say the conditions are inhumane. Activists blame government neglect.

Al Jazeera · Aug 4, 2023

Zimbabwe's opposition leader tells AP intimidation is forcing voters to choose ruling party or death

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Zimbabwe's opposition party claims that a supporter was stoned to death by ruling party's activists

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party says that one of its supporters was stoned to death by ruling party activists while on the way to a political rally

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

Zimbabwe's rulers won't tolerate opposing voices – but its writers refuse to be silenced

The ruling elite in Zimbabwe has always tried to silence opposing political voices and erase histories it does not wish to have aired. Although “democratic” elections have been held since 1980, the country has become what the scholar Eldred Masunungure calls a state of “militarised, electoral authoritarianism”.

The Conversation · Aug 2, 2023

Zimbabwe’s ‘Patriotic Act’ erodes freedoms and may be a tool for repression

The introduction of the controversial “Patriotic Act” in Zimbabwe will contribute to the erosion of political and civil liberties in a country that has been in the grip of one political party since independence in 1980.

The Conversation · Jul 30, 2023

Netball World Cup 2023: When does it start and how to watch England play live

England will ultimately be hoping to progress to Pool F and compete against Australia, who have won the Netball World Cup 11 times

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2023